Volleyball Preview: Thales Academy Apex Titans vs. St. Thomas More Academy Chancellors
Thales Academy Apex has gone 8-2 against St. Thomas More Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Thales Academy Apex Titans will venture away from home to challenge the St. Thomas More Academy Chancellors at 4:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Thales Academy Apex sitting on five straight victories and St. Thomas More Academy on eight.
Last Wednesday, everything went Thales Academy Apex's way against Thales Academy Rolesville as Thales Academy Apex made off with a 3-0 win.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-10, 25-15.
Thales Academy Apex found their leader in underclassman Leigh Finger, who had 12 aces and six digs. The dominant performance gave Finger a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Julia Sheng, who had ten digs and two aces.
Thales Academy Apex was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 16.8.
Meanwhile, St. Thomas More Academy hadn't done well against Neuse Christian Academy recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. St. Thomas More Academy walked away with a 3-1 victory over Neuse Christian Academy.
St. Thomas More Academy was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 24-26, 25-20, 25-23.
St. Thomas More Academy can attribute much of their success to Mary Frances Watkins, who had 11 digs and two aces, and Mary Sopp, who had 12 digs and four aces.
Thales Academy Apex is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for St. Thomas More Academy, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-1.
Thales Academy Apex suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to St. Thomas More Academy in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Thales Academy Apex avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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